MFA Sound and Music Production

The MA / MFA Sound and Music suite will provide a significant opportunity to extend your skill base through applied practice and research in professional contexts. You will develop projects in your area of specialism (e.g. performance, production, sound and music for media, games or theatre), and capitalise on our expertise in interdisciplinary working to develop collaborative projects alongside other practitioners and researchers studying acting, drama, performing arts, dance, multi-media, film, animation and architecture, modelling professional practice and modes of collaboration by operating as creative and collaborative innovators.
You will develop advanced skills in sound design and production, music performance, composition and production, placing emphasis on the particular context of your work (e.g. media, games, theatre).
You will develop skills in working with technology as a collaborator, innovating processes and practices to support your creative project work.
This course suite will develop knowledge, cognitive and practical skills and experience for the emerging marketplace and employment context. You will develop core technical and creative skills relevant to several industrial and professional contexts and select an appropriate programme title that captures the nature of professional practice within your chosen industrial domain.

You are likely to have professional industrial experience and/or have joined the course as a graduate within the specialist areas of music performance, music technology and production, sound and music for media, games or theatre. This will inform your path of study and practice. A significant feature of the course is to establish creative and collaborative interdisciplinary projects applied in professional industrial contexts, which may include your current place of work.

Bachelor's degree with minimum Upper Second Class (2:1) or equivalent in a relevant subject such as Music Performance, Production, Sound and Music for Media, Games, Theatre.
We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications.

Overall IELTS 6.0 with minimum 6.0 in writing and speaking, and 5.5 in listening and reading (or recognised equivalent).